Telecom
Verizon close to selling $15-bn of assets to pay debt: report
03 Feb 2015
The company’s debt burden had increased substantially following its $130-billion buyout of Vodafone Group Plc’s 45-per cent stake in their US joint venture
FCC to ecide on state powers over the internet
02 Feb 2015
WhatsApp launches pilot scheme for free voice services
02 Feb 2015
Online messaging service WhatsApp is testing its free voice calling feature through invitations to a limited number of people in India, to meet growing rival Hike’s challenge
Govt not to pursue Vodafone case; avoid appeals in tax cases
29 Jan 2015
The cabinet decided on Wednesday the government will not in future appeal cases that have been decided by appellate bodies in favour of the taxpayer
CommScope to acquire Tyco spinoff TE Connectivity’s network business for $3 bn
29 Jan 2015
The purchase includes TE’s telecom, enterprise and wireless businesses but excludes its submarine and data communication assets
Government accepts Vodafone tax ruling
28 Jan 2015
Vodafone is yet to resolve another, high-profile relating to capital gains tax in its 2007 acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa's stake in the Indian telecom group in Hutchison Essar, which is awaiting international arbitration
Hike Messenger introduces free voice calling
28 Jan 2015
Apple ropes in Softbank's retail arm Brightstar for big Indian expansion plans
28 Jan 2015
Apple is planning to invest in direct advertisement, while earlier the advertisement was handled by the retail partners only. This is a rare move by Apple as it is done only in big markets like US and UK
Spice to set up Rs500-crore mobile handsets unit in UP
27 Jan 2015
Mobile internet conglomerate Spice Group plans to invest Rs500 crore to set up a mobile internet devices manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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